archive log file deletion 9i
hi people,
we run rman backup every night and cold backup once a week.
However, even though rman deletes the log files, and so they show as dleeted in Oracle views, the physical .001 files are remaining on the log drive.
they are taking up approx 35 gig per database, going back serveral months and using lots of space.
When is it safe to delete them from the file system? - isn't it true that they may be required at any time if we needed to do a restore/recovery? - although I have also been told that once a cold backup had been done we no longer need them - I have suspicions that this is incorrect though?
Can someone please advise me?